Taimoor Riaz

Senior Game Developer

Inventex Games • Freelance

Jun 2026 - Present • 3 mos

Senior Unity Game Developer with professional experience in developing, optimizing, debugging, and maintaining high-quality games for mobile, PC, WebGL, and multiplayer platforms. Skilled in Unity, C#, OOP, game architecture, gameplay programming, UI systems, physics, animation, AI, multiplayer networking, optimization, and third-party integrations. Experienced in creating clean, scalable, modular, and reusable systems suitable for long-term game development. Responsible for developing core gameplay features such as player controllers, combat systems, weapons, abilities, inventory, quests, NPC interactions, shops, rewards, leaderboards, progression systems, save/load systems, cameras, cutscenes, and interactive environments. Experienced with multiplayer solutions including Photon Fusion and Photon PUN, covering player synchronization, RPCs, matchmaking, network authority, room management, host migration, and multiplayer debugging. Capable of diagnosing and fixing complex Unity issues including NullReference errors, crashes, Android/iOS build problems, Gradle errors, UI scaling issues, physics bugs, animation problems, performance drops, memory spikes, and plugin or package conflicts. Also experienced with Firebase, APIs, advertisements, in-app purchases, Addressables, localization, analytics, VFX, audio systems, and external SDK integration. Works closely with artists, designers, backend developers, QA teams, and project managers to convert requirements into stable, production-ready gameplay features. Maintains clean code standards, uses Git for version control, reviews technical requirements, estimates tasks, and supports other developers when required. Focused on delivering smooth, optimized, maintainable, and production-ready games with strong attention to performance, gameplay quality, scalability, and user experience.

Senior Game Developer

Cipher Coders • Período integral

Dec 2020 - Jun 2026 • 5 yrs 6 mos

Senior Unity Game Developer and Team Lead with strong experience in game development, technical leadership, project planning, and team coordination. Responsible for designing and developing scalable gameplay systems while also managing developers, reviewing technical work, assigning tasks, and ensuring project milestones are completed on time. Experienced in Unity, C#, OOP, game architecture, gameplay programming, UI systems, multiplayer networking, AI, physics, animation, optimization, debugging, APIs, Firebase, Addressables, localization, advertisements, in-app purchases, and third-party SDK integration. As a Senior Developer, responsible for building core systems such as player controllers, combat, weapons, inventory, quests, NPCs, shops, progression, rewards, leaderboards, save systems, multiplayer features, camera systems, cutscenes, and interactive gameplay mechanics. As a Team Lead, responsible for breaking project requirements into development tasks, assigning work based on team strengths, estimating timelines, reviewing code, maintaining coding standards, tracking progress, resolving technical blockers, and coordinating with artists, designers, backend developers, QA teams, and project managers. Provides technical guidance and mentorship to junior and mid-level developers, reviews implementations before integration, manages Git workflows and branches, handles merge conflicts, and ensures features are properly tested before delivery. Experienced in diagnosing complex Unity and multiplayer issues including synchronization problems, authority issues, crashes, performance drops, memory problems, build failures, Gradle errors, UI scaling issues, animation bugs, physics issues, and package conflicts. Focused on delivering stable, optimized, maintainable, and production-ready games while ensuring effective team communication, clean development workflows, consistent code quality, and successful project delivery.